Ever Pollen Print Shop

06/07/2026

Laughing thinking about how I used red solo cups in college vs. now 😅

I still have a stack of these cups from my paint pouring phase and I’m trying to find creative ways to reuse them around the studio. Cheers! 🎨

06/06/2026

Because I believe in the power of stories—especially in times like these—let me tell you more about why I made this love is love print:

When I was a little girl, I used to love going around telling everyone, “I have three moms and one dad!” I loved seeing the slightly puzzled look on people’s faces as they tried to math the math of my life. It made me feel seen, at least a little bit more, because ever since forever I’ve always known that my life had a different shape than the average person. With divorced parents, le***an moms, a brother in a wheelchair, my own backwards knee and chubby body, and later on an in*******al family, otherness has always been as integrated into life as the air we breathe.

I was lucky enough to be raised as part of a church community that celebrated diversity, so in many ways I was shielded from a lot of the discrimination people experience, though I was certainly not immune to internalizing shame. Although I was teased a lot more about my weight, I was also teased for my le***an moms or called gay myself, and on more than one occasion a friend from school would come to my moms’ house to play once and then never talk to me again once their parents met my moms.

There is nothing hard or damaging about having gay parents. Not one thing. The only damage done was by other people who decided there’s something wrong with queerness and who wanted to tease me or disconnect from me or treat our family as less than. Love is beautiful. Differences are beautiful. It’s only the ignorance and fear and hate that cause harm.

When I think of pride, I think of that sweet fiery chubby dark-haired little girl I was, bragging to everyone about her many moms, even when it risked weird glances, even when kids teased me, even when it cost me friendships. Nothing is more valuable than allowing yourself to be seen, allowing yourself to exist.

And even as I say this, I’m aware that my story is just the tip of the iceberg, or maybe a small piece of ice floating next to the iceberg. People have fought monsters I can scarcely imagine just to win the right to stand there as themselves. And they shouldn’t have to. No one should. We are all worthy 💗

06/01/2026

Happy June! Happy Pride month! 🌷🧡🌻🌱

in Salem has a fresh inventory of our Pride cards as well as Father’s Day cards, wrapping paper, pocket notebooks, and some other items!

05/23/2026

Time to stock up! 💌✨ Feeling a little crazy this weekend & giving our biggest discount EVER at everpollen.com

Enjoy!! 💐

05/23/2026

Good morning 🌷

05/22/2026

Confession: I’m the kind of person who wants to create all of the inspiring things from all of the vantage points in all of the styles and every medium all of the time. It can be paralyzing, and the trick I found to move through it is to pick one path to focus on and just channel my creative energy there. Figuring this out has been a gift, and it has given me the power to create Ever Pollen 💛

And yet (!), I’m learning that I cannot be so perfectly contained all the time. I’ve always pictured myself like a potted viney plant, reaching and winding my way up the wall into the farthest corners of the room trying to find my way out. Even inside the most amazing room with lots of light and windows and space for creativity, I still need to break free every now and then.

And that’s what painting is doing for me right now. And so, I’m back to confronting my wanting-to-make-all-the-things-in-all-the-styles part of myself. And I think that’s ok. I think it’s even exciting to play with. In my new series of acrylic on wood, I’m combining a clean graphic style with some more painterly details (usually on the vase), and that feels exciting to me because it lets me capture and integrate a few favorite styles at once.

Just like printmaking has helped me wrangle the creative tentacles, so has honing in on flowers and natural forms. There’s so much to explore in this universe and I might just explode into a million pieces if I try to tackle it all at once, but flowers—just flowers—are a universe to explore all in themselves. There’s so much beauty and truth in natural forms, and I’m excited to be taking the time to explore them in these new ways. 🩷

(And not to worry — once this new collection is finished, it will be back to our regularly scheduled block printing!) ✨

05/18/2026

Painting number 2 of this series! Acrylic on wood 💜

05/13/2026

05/12/2026

And suddenly all I want to do is paint 🩵🎨

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to everyone doing the sacred work of mothering each day!! 🧡